Catch her

At four o'clock in the morning, Feng Mei and Jiang Guozhong were awakened by a knock on the door.

Feng Mei opened the door impatiently, "Who is here in the middle of the night..."

Before she could finish her words, she saw two men in police uniforms standing at the door. She was startled and swallowed the words back.

She glanced at Cheng Yuping and Lu Xiye who were following the police. Thinking of what she and Jiang Guozhong had done, she felt guilty. She turned around and hurried back to the house to call Jiang Guozhong, "Honey, the police are here!"

Jiang Guozhong had also gotten up and put on his clothes. Seeing the police, he wasn't as flustered as Feng Mei. "Comrade police, you're here so late at night. What's going on?"

"Are you Jiang Guozhong? Jiang Zhizhi's father." asked the police.

"Yes, I am."

"Did you know that your daughter disappeared last night?"

Jiang Guozhong glanced at Cheng Yuping behind him and said, "I know. My ex-wife called me."

"You went to school to look for Jiang Zhizhi yesterday afternoon, right?"

"Yes, I went to see her. My wife bought her two skirts and I gave them to her."

"Did you have a quarrel with her?"

"We weren't arguing, we just spoke a little loudly."

"Excuse me, where did you go after leaving your daughter's school yesterday afternoon?"

"I'm back at the construction site, speaking to a few workers."

"Tell the workers about the matter?"

The two policemen looked at each other, and thought of the three suspicious men, becoming even more suspicious.

"Comrade police officer, you won't suspect that I kidnapped my daughter, right? I'm just doing the construction work at the Longmao Shopping Mall. I'm arranging work for my workers. If you don't believe me, you can call them." Jiang Guozhong said, and asked Feng Mei to get the phone book.

"Uncle, you have the phone numbers of those workers on your phone, right? Just call them directly with your phone. What's wrong? Is your phone call history shameful?" Lu Xiye said quietly as he looked at Jiang Guozhong from the side.

If it was really Jiang Guozhong's girlfriend, Jiang Zhizhi, they would either meet in person or arrange it over the phone.

Seeing how Jiang Guozhong was so fearless about the police investigation and the workers he met in the evening, it was most likely that they contacted each other by phone.

His words woke up the two policemen.

"Jiang Guozhong, can we see the communication records on your phone?"

Jiang Guozhong panicked for a moment, but he pretended to be calm and said, "Okay, but I didn't call anyone last night, so there's no call record."

"Uncle, deleted call records can also be found in the telecommunications company." Lu Xiye reminded him.

Jiang Guozhong's face turned pale, and he pointed at Lu Xiye and said angrily: "Whose child is this? Why are you butting in when adults are talking?"

"Hehe, I'm just expressing my opinion. What are you afraid of if you have nothing to hide?" Lu Xiye rolled his eyes at him and said bluntly.

The police used Jiang Guozhong's cell phone to call his workers and confirmed that he had indeed gone to the factory yesterday.

They asked a few more questions casually. Although they had doubts, they had no evidence and could not do anything to Jiang Guozhong. They could only leave and continue the investigation.

When they reached the entrance of Lvjiang Village, Lu Xiye suddenly stopped and said to Cheng Yuping, "Auntie, I'm sleepy. You and the police officer continue with your work. I'm going home to sleep. My home is not far from here, so you don't have to worry about me."

After saying that, without waiting for Cheng Yuping to answer, he took a step and ran out.

Lu Xiye ran a short distance and then circled back to the village.

The police need evidence to investigate cases and arrest people, but he doesn't need it. He is sure that it was Jiang Guozhong who kidnapped Jiang Zhizhi.

Sure enough, as soon as Lu Xiye turned back, he saw Jiang Guozhong running out stealthily on an electric bike.

He chased Jiang Guozhong to the main road, watching the electric bike ride further and further away. Just then, a taxi came by. He rushed over to stop the car and took out a handful of red bills, "Chase the electric bike in front."

*

It was already daybreak. Jiang Zhizhi looked at the dim moon setting in the west outside the window without feeling sleepy at all.

She didn't go home all night, and she couldn't imagine how helpless Cheng Yuping was now.

But now her hands and feet were tied, so she could only wait for an opportunity.

With a bang, the dilapidated factory door opened and a middle-aged man in his forties walked in. "Zhizhi, let's go buy breakfast. What do you want to eat?"

Jiang Zhizhi was very calm, blinking her eyes, looking pitiful, "I want to eat pancakes."

She recognized this person.

Liu Jian and Jiang Guozhong are from the same hometown and came to Nanshi together to work hard.

For a period of time in his previous life, he worked for Jiang Guozhong as a plumber.

Liu Jian felt a little guilty about tying Jiang Zhizhi up, but apart from tying her hands and feet, he treated her quite well.

After a while, Liu Jian and others bought breakfast and brought a pancake for Jiang Zhizhi.

"Uncle, please let me go. I want to eat it myself." Jiang Zhizhi struggled a bit, looking a little aggrieved. "My hand is so painful."

Liu Jian hesitated for a moment, then seeing Jiang Zhizhi's pitiful look, he softened his heart and said, "Uncle will let you go, but you can't run away."

"Aren't there people outside? How can I run?" Jiang Zhizhi said.

"Hey, don't blame us. It was your father who asked us to do this. To be honest, he did it for you. We all think it's better for you to follow your father than your mother." Liu Jian said as he untied the ropes on Jiang Zhizhi's hands.

Jiang Zhizhi didn't say anything. After untying the restraints on her hands, she silently untied the ropes on her feet.

Liu Jian looked at her without saying anything. After the ropes on her feet were untied, he handed her the pancake in his hand.

In an instant, Jiang Zhizhi grabbed Liu Jian's wrist, laid him on the ground, and kicked him in the heart. Before he could react, Jiang Zhizhi had rolled him around and pressed him to the ground.

"Zhi... um..."

Without waiting for Liu Jian to speak, Jiang Zhizhi grabbed the pancake, stuffed it into his mouth, turned around and ran out.

The two people guarding outside didn't react at all when they saw Jiang Zhizhi rushing out.

Jiang Zhizhi directly broke through their defenses and rushed towards the stairs.

"Catch her!"

As Jiang Guozhong came in on his electric bike, he saw Jiang Zhizhi rushing out. He panicked and shouted quickly.

He threw the electric bike over and ran up the stairs.

Jiang Zhizhi was attacked from both sides, and the two men behind her also caught up with her. She had no choice but to retreat to the terrace behind her.

"Zhizhi, don't be afraid. We won't do anything to you."

"Yeah, look, your dad is here too. Can your own dad still harm you?"

"We're just letting you play here for a few days, and then we'll let you go home after a while."

“…”

They tried to persuade Jiang Zhizhi to go back one after another.

But Jiang Zhizhi is not a twelve-year-old child. Her mental age is already thirty years old. She just finds these people funny.

Jiang Guozhong also came to the terrace and saw Jiang Zhizhi trapped in a small corner with no possibility of escape. He looked confident of victory.

"Liu Jian, go back to your hometown and send Zhizhi back." Jiang Guozhong said.

"Huh? Why do you want to send her back?"

"That bitch Cheng Yuping called the police! That bitch, damn it!"

Thinking of being interrogated by the police this morning, Jiang Guozhong was filled with anger.

"But doesn't Zhizhi still have to go to school?"

"What kind of school does she go to? Junior high school is not enough for her? Don't ask too much. I know what she is doing. I will take you to the station later. Be careful on the way and don't let her run away!" Jiang Guozhong said unhappily.

Hearing Jiang Guozhong's words, Jiang Zhizhi couldn't help but sneer.

"Jiang Guozhong, I really don't understand why you can be so cold-blooded and ruthless to your wife and daughter. When you wake up in the middle of the night, do you really not feel any guilt at all?"

"How am I cold-blooded? How have I wronged you? After all these years, you've still grown up. You've had enough to eat and wear! I even brought you to the city to raise you. Compared to those kids in the village, you're having a damn good life!"

"It was my mother who brought me to the city! It was my mother who worked so hard to raise me! It was my mother who cooked for me and saved so hard to buy me clothes! It wasn't you! All these years, all your money went to raising Feng Mei's two children. Did you give a single cent to me and my mother? My mother raised me while also serving you! You even stole my mother's wedding ring and gold earrings and gave them to Feng Mei. And now you shamelessly take credit for it in front of me? How dare you!"

Six years ago, Cheng Yuping lost her wedding ring and the gold earrings that came with her as a dowry. She cried for several nights out of anxiety.

Later, one time when Feng Mei was packing up her things, Jiang Zhizhi happened to see that Cheng Yuping's wedding ring and gold earrings were in a box on Feng Mei's dressing table.

It was not until then that she realized that it was not lost, but stolen by Jiang Guozhong and given to Feng Mei.

Jiang Guozhong didn't know how Jiang Zhizhi knew, but even after being exposed, he shamelessly refused to admit it. "When did I steal your mother's ring and earrings? Don't talk nonsense!"

Jiang Zhizhi looked at the man in front of her and felt that he was completely hopeless.

"Jiang Guozhong, please let me go, let my mother go. You're already married to Feng Mei and have two children. Just go with them and pretend that my mother and I never existed. You go your way, and we go ours. Why can't we just be clean? Why do we have to keep getting entangled?"

"What's the entanglement? I gave birth to you. If you want to figure it out, you have to give me your blood and flesh back! Otherwise, you will always be my daughter, Jiang Guozhong!"

Jiang Zhizhi clenched her fists and trembled with anger.

Not to mention that Jiang Guozhong had no gratitude towards her for giving birth to her. Even if he had, she had been sucked dry by Jiang Guozhong's family for more than ten years in her previous life, and she would have paid it back long ago.

"Alright! If you want to fight to the death, then let's fight to the death!"

After Jiang Zhizhi finished speaking, she turned around and jumped directly off the terrace.

"Zhizhi!"

Several workers were terrified.

Cheng Yuping has already called the police. If something really happens to Jiang Zhizhi, it will be a big deal!

Jiang Guozhong was also frightened. He didn't expect that Jiang Zhizhi would dare to jump off the terrace.

Although this is only the second floor, it is more than four meters high. If you jump down like this, you will most likely break your legs.

"Jiang Zhizhi!"

As soon as Lu Xiye came over, he saw Jiang Zhizhi jumping down from the terrace.

Without hesitation, he ran towards Jiang Zhizhi.

Jiang Zhizhi didn't jump off the building to injure herself on purpose in order to make things worse. When she ran to the terrace, she noticed the pile of sand downstairs and deliberately retreated to this corner.

Nothing will happen if you jump from the second floor onto this pile of sand.

She was just using it to get away.

Jiang Zhizhi was stunned when she suddenly heard Lu Xiye's voice. Before she could react, she was caught by Lu Xiye and the two of them rolled into the sand pile together.

"Pah, pah, pah!"

Lu Xiye bit into a mouthful of sand and spat it out in embarrassment.

Jiang Zhizhi pressed on him, looking at the man who suddenly appeared, and was a little unable to react.

"Why are you here?"

"Don't ask any more questions, just run!"

Lu Xiye grabbed her arm, climbed up using his hands and feet, and dragged her out.

Before the four people on the terrace could react, Lu Xiye had already pulled Jiang Zhizhi into the taxi.

"Hurry up! Go!" Lu Xiye urged the driver.

Jiang Zhizhi looked at Lu Xiye beside her.

He was in a terrible state, his hair was a mess and full of sand.

Only those eyes are still so beautiful.

"Go to the police station." Jiang Zhizhi retracted her gaze and said calmly to the driver.

"Why don't you go home first?"

"My schoolbag is still there. I need the police to get it back for me." She reached out to Lu Xiye, "Lend me your phone. I want to call my mom."

Lu Xiye obediently handed the phone to her.